The number of foreign transfers of custody executed by the FBI increased by 54% in 2025.
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The Dan Bongino ShowSep 16, 2026
The 54% figure and the 86 transfers appear consistently in the FBI-sourced Fox News reporting and the hearing transcripts, but the sources measure the increase over Patel's first 18 months against the last 18 months of the Biden administration, not as a 2025 year-over-year increase.
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… We have arrested 5,072 child predators and human traffickers. That's up 13%. This FBI is making America safe. We, this FBI, have arrested 4,260 foreign terrorist organization related aliens. That's up 38%. This FBI has executed 86 foreign transfers of custody, a 54% increase, for perps captured overseas in 2025. According to the Uniform Crime Report, we delivered the largest reduction in the murder rate in the history of America. …
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Contradicts. Fox News reports the 54% FTOC increase compares the period against the last 18 months of the Biden administration, and the 86 FTOCs are the total for that 18-month span, not a calendar-2025 increase.[1]
Supports. Multiple transcripts of Director Patel's FBI oversight hearing state that the FBI executed 86 foreign transfers of custody, a 54% increase for perps captured overseas.[2][3][4]
Context. The Yahoo version of the Fox report attributes the 54% figure to the FBI itself, and no independent dataset in the sources verifies the FTOC count or the percentage change.[5]
Sources
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- 1EXCLUSIVE: FBI extraditions soar as Patel ramps up foreign outreach, vows 'no sanctuary'foxbangor.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 2FBI Director Kash Patel Faces Senate Judiciary Committee. Aired 9 ...transcripts.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3Patel gives opening statement during FBI oversight hearingyoutube.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4FBI Oversight Hearing 9/16/26rev.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5FBI extraditions soar as Patel ramps up foreign outreach, vows 'no ...yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: context
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